Hi all
I agree that Joe's solution is very elegant and simple. For another
approach, see the short article I wrote on my secondary release, which is
included as part of the tech tips section of the website of the Ottawa
Valley Triumph Club.
http://www.ovtc.n3.net/
Cheers, Mike Graham
73 TR6
70 GT6
At 03:04 PM 02/10/01 -0400, Martin Secrest wrote:
>Yes, this elegant solution was devised by Capital Triumph club member Joe
>Cannon for his '71 TR6. I put it in my car too. It works like a dream --
>the biggest mental hurdle is drilling the small hole in the bulkhead for the
>activating lever, which can also be made from an old piece of a wiper blade
>...
>
>===
>Martin Secrest
>73 GT6 (driver)
>72 TR6 (weekender)
>Arlington, VA
>
>"She's got a carburetor tied to the moon."
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> > A couple of week-ends ago an eight month old throttle cable broke on
> > my car. Frustrating, but I was within walking distance of the TR Shop
> > in Chiswick; with so few TR outlets around it seemed I was actually
> > lucky. But,the late model PI cable was the only one they were out of
> > stock of....ended up coming home on a flatbed.
> >
> > However, I finally got round to making up & fitting an auxiliary
> > bonnet release as per this link:
> > http://www.clark.net/pub/rweeks/hood_release.html
> >
> > So simple, so effective. No problem to avoid the steering column on a
> > RHD car either, using the remains of a broken cable release....How
> > did Triumph miss such a simple solution?
> > --
> > William Davies
> > 1975 TR6 PI
> > CR6157-O
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